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NPS accused of shelving employee report on ‘toxic culture’

by PEER | November 15, 2021
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility today accused the National Park Service of “burying” a 2018 report that provided a detailed and critical look at the agency’s long-standing struggles with employee harassment and its “toxic culture.” The report cited “the ...

Could conservation plan prompt tougher grazing oversight?

by PEER | November 1, 2021
When top federal land managers suggested this month that millions of acres of public lands leased for grazing livestock could count toward the Biden administration’s aggressive conservation plan, environmentalists were quick to slam the idea. After all, according to data compiled by ...

‘Horror stories’: Groups urge EPA to revamp pesticides work

by PEER | October 26, 2021
A coalition of advocacy groups are panning EPA’s pesticides work and calling on the agency to adopt a number of reforms geared toward bolstering science and minimizing industry input. In a letter sent today, 37 organizations asked the Biden administration and key officials managing ...

Biden admin launches plan to regulate PFAS

by Elizabeth Duan | October 18, 2021
“The Biden administration unveiled a sweeping plan to address every form of PFAS pollution today, cracking down on “forever chemicals” linked to diseases including cancer and found in a wide range of everyday products and in thousands of drinking water systems nationwide ...

EPA to bolster chemical risk reviews amid whistleblower fallout

by Elizabeth Duan | October 14, 2021
“EPA’s chemicals office is taking new steps geared toward bolstering scientific integrity amid criticism over its handling of work including key risk assessments. Those changes come as EPA faces increasing backlash from some advocates over not only the New Chemicals Division ...
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